Free FIFA 11+ Soccer-Specific Warm-Up Clinics Available in Spring/Summer 2015 We are pleased to announce that Soccer Fitness will be offering FREE Coach Education Seminars to Ontario Soccer Association sanctioned clubs and academies across the Greater Toronto Area! The topic and scope of the Seminar will be to introduce the FIFA 11+, a soccer-specific warm-up [...]
Because this is a Women’s World Cup year, I have decided to countdown to the tournament by providing a short soccer/fitness related preview of each of the 24 participating nations. In this instalment, I will look at the Netherlands, who is making their first ever appearance at the Women’s World Cup. They have been drawn [...]
In my most recent class, we were asked to write a small report explaining the concepts of reliability and validity as they relate to research methods, and subsequently to provide a sports science-related example of these two concepts. For me, this seemed like the perfect opportunity to profile my favourite soccer-specific fitness test, the Yo-Yo [...]
Because this is a Women’s World Cup year, I have decided to countdown to the tournament by providing a short soccer/fitness related preview of each of the 24 participating nations. In this instalment, I will look at New Zealand, who is making their 4th appearance at the Women’s World Cup, and also their 3rd in [...]
Because this is a Women’s World Cup year, I have decided to countdown to the tournament by providing a short soccer/fitness related preview of each of the 24 participating nations. In this instalment, I will look at China, who is making their 6th appearance at the Women's World Cup, having only ever missed out once, [...]
Because this is a Women's World Cup year, I have decided to countdown to the tournament by providing a short soccer/fitness related preview of each of the 24 participating nations. In this first instalment, I will look at my home country Canada, who is hosting the tournament for the first time ever. Canada has [...]
As the final assignment in my Advanced Exercise Physiology class, I had to write an 8-10 page paper about common training and nutritional "mistakes" in the sport or exercise of my choice. Of course, for me there was only ever one sport of choice! Below is the entire paper, including references. I'd love to know [...]
I am re-blogging a link to an excellent article, written by Max Shank and posted to www.t-nation.com, called "Running Deosn't Suck." Of course, I agree with this statement, and I think that the article makes some very good and valid scientific arguments as to why running does not suck. I'd love to know your thoughts [...]
Below is a link to an article written by Brittany Jones, posted on www.ksl.com, a Utah-based news website. The article, titled "4 Problems in Youth Sports Today," could just as easily been titled "4 Problems in Youth Soccer Today." Personally, I think problem #3 ("specializing children too young") is the most interesting topic, as there [...]
Recently, in my Advanced Exercise Physiology class, I was given the assignment of writing a paper about the effectiveness of hydration on both the prevention of heat illnesses, as well as improvements in physical performance. As I went through the relevant literature, I quickly noticed that there seemed to be dozens - if not hundreds [...]